Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-06
Special Bulletin for April,
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT.
WARRINGTON CITY, MAY |, 1887

Pacific coast. The greatest departures
from the normal were reported in the
central Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys, where the average temperature
was from 60 to 6 above the mean tempera-
| ture for April. The temperature was also
slightly above the normal in Tennessee
| and Kentucky and the northern portion of
| the gulf states. In the districts on the
! Atlantic coast, and in the upper Ohio
valley and lower lake region the tempera-
ture was slightly below the normal for
the month, except at Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, and Atlantic City, where it was nor
NAL, and at New York City, where it was
l. above the normal. The departures on
the Atlantic coast and in the lower lake
region ranged from L to A below the
! normal.
| The maximum departures from the
normal temperature occurred at the fol-
lowing stations, viz: Above the nor
mal.-St. Louis and Yankton, g.; Omaha,
Leavenworth and Fort Smith, A.; all sta
tions in Colorado, Cheyenne, Keokuk,
Davenport, Lamar and Memphis, g.
Below the normal -Lynchburg, CIeve-
land and Portland, Me-, A.; Albany,
Oswego and Norfolk, g. The only sta
tions on the Pacific coast reporting
temperatures below the normal were San
Francisco and Red Bluff, where the de-
parture was L.
The rainfall for the month has been
generally below the normal in the dis
tricts east of the Tooth meridian, except
in Central Missouri and thence eastward
to West Virginia, and from Southern
Minnesota eastward to Northern Michi-
| gan, and at isolated stations on the i'm
mediate Atlantic coast, where the rainfall
has been slightly in excess.
| The drOuth continues in Southern
Texas, and the region of the greatest de-
| ficiency in rainfall extends from Eastern
Texas to the South Atlantic coast, where
the departures range from two to six
inches below the normal. There has also
been "a deficiency, ranging from one to
| three inches, from the Central Missouri
| valley eastward over Iowa, Northern Illi-
nois, Southern Missouri, Southern Michi-
gan and Northern Indiana.
| Slight deficiencies are also reported in
| Northern Minnesota and Northern DAKOTA
and in the central portions of California,
the deficiency at stations in the SaCra-
mentO valley amounting to about one
inch, where the average rainfall for the
month is about three inches.
At Rocky Mountain stations, in ex-
IRENE Northern Texas, and then north
ward to Dakota the rainfall has been
slightly IN excess. On the Pacific coast
and in Southern California the rainfall
has been slightly in excess of the nor
NAL, and in Oregon the excess ranges
from 0.S inch at ROseburg to Is inches
| at Portland.
| Maximum departures lin inches) from
the average rainfall occurred at the fol-
| lowing stations, viz: Below the normal
-Vicksburg; SO: Shreveport, Montgom-
cry and Little Rock, SO; New Orleans,
Mobile, Pensacola and Memphis about
40; Atlanta, Fort Smith, Galveston and
Chicago, about 0. Above the normal
Louisville, 2.8; Cincinnati and Lamar,
Mo, 6; Portland, Me-, 2 o.; st. Louis,
ST. Paul, Huron, Oak, North Platte,
Dodge City and Cheyenne, about 10.
The only stations reporting snow re-
naming N the ground at the eud of the
month were Salt Lake City, one inch, and
Mount Washington, two inches.
The month opened with a storm on the
| Atlantic coast, central hear Eastern Flor
| ida, with snow extending as far south as
North Carolina, on the 1st and ID. This
storm moved rapidly northWard and
developed great energy on the New
England coast during the I'd, causing
severe gales from Norfolk northWard to
| Nova Scotia.
On the 18th disturbance developed in
Western Texas and moved northward to
| Southern Dakota, attended by general
rains over Northern Texas and the east
ern slope of the Rocky mountains. This
disturbance, after reaching Southern
Dakota on the 14th, moved eastward over
the Lake regions to the ST. Lawrence
valley, where it disappeared, secondary
depression developing on the Southern
New England coast.
| On the 10Th storm was observed in
Western Texas, which moved northeast
ward over the Ohio Vallay, and thence
eastward over the Middle Atlantic states
during the 18th and 18th, attended by
heavy rams in the Ohio Valley, and
dangerous easierly gales on the middle
Atlantic coast on the 18th.
One of the most severe storms observed
during the month was central in the Rocky
Mountain regions on the 21st. 1t moved
slowly eastward, causing destructive To-
cal storms IN Missouri and adjoining
states during the night of the 21st, and
passed over the Lake regions on the 22d
and 23d, attended by severe gales. This
storm developed its maximum energy
WAI1O passing Ofol LaAS h1ICuIShA uu11nS
the night OF the 22d. It was followed by
a cold wave in the northwest, the Ohio
Valley and the Lake regions on the 23d.
The fifth severe storm of the month
was central in the gulf south of New
Orleans on the oath. It moved rapidly
ortheastward, following the coast line,
increasing in energy during the, 18th,
causing severe gales from Norfolk north
ward to Nova Scotia on the 26th.
The sixth severe storm of the month
was observed north of Montana on the
| 26th and moved southeastWard to the
lower lake region, and thence eastward